02-21-2020 04:50 PM
Is it possible to assign a license of Office 365 to an external user? It is possible within the Office admin center and the AAD admin portal to assign a 'guest' a license. However while it does assign them a license it appears they aren't able to use that license. I've tried this with a guest authenticated through MSA and a guest from another valid AAD tenant (neither had their own Office 365 license).
So is it possible to assign the license to an external user have them use the license? I suspect no, but then why does it support assigning those licenses in both Office Admin Center and AAD Portal?
02-22-2020 01:49 AM
Solution02-22-2020 10:10 AM
Why do you want to assign a license? Technically it is possible, you can even create a mailbox for such users, but you have to play with the account properties a bit. Or you can make it a GA for that matter.
02-24-2020 08:34 AM
Thank you! That's what I assumed, just wanted to know if it was a bug or a not. Cheers!
02-25-2020 03:04 PM
02-25-2020 03:31 PM
12-16-2020 05:01 AM
Are you sure, it's still not officially supported?
Assign a license to a guest userYou can invite guest users to collaborate with your organization in Azure Active directory admin center. To learn about guess users, see What is guest user access in Azure Active Directory B2B? If you don't have any guest users, see Quickstart: Add guest users to your directory in the Azure portal.
Important
You must be a Global admin to do these steps.
- Go to the Azure Active Directory admin center
- In the navigation pane, select Users.
- On the Users | All Users (Preview) page, select Add filters.
- In the Pick a field menu, choose User type, then select Apply.
- In the next menu, select Guest.
- In the list of results, select the user who needs a license.
- Under Manage, select Licenses.
- Select Assignments.
- On the Update license assignments page, select the product you want to assign a license for.
- On the right, clear the check boxes for any services you don't want the guest user to have access to.
- Select Save.
This sounds as it would be supported...?